Intro
D# G# (x2)
[Verse]
D#
The orderlies shuffle
G#
across black and white marble
D#
They're bustling reminders that
G#
no one can slow down the days
D#
The white coats and black boards
G#
they conspire behind locked doors
D#
They don't want to tell you how long
G#
until it eats me away
D#
I wish you would wake me
G#
when I'm violently shaking
D#
Tossing and turning through dreams
G#
where I die giving up
D#
I wish it had been you
G#
that I'd given my heart to
D#
Instead of just wasting these moments
G#
by biting my tongue
[Chorus]
Cm A#
And I've been having dreams
G# D#
of black and white infirmaries
Cm
With the palest walls
A# G#
that always stand in silence
Cm A#
If I thought that you could hear
G# D#
I'd whisper in your ear
Cm
All the things I couldn't
A# G#
come around to writing
[Interlude]
D# G# (x2)
[Verse]
D#
I've been constantly stepping
G#
with these unwanted weapons
D#
Like the things that I think
G#
and I feel will destroy everything
D#
So I'll hold a flame to
G#
the things I won't tell you
D#
And sift through the ashes
G#
for some kind of reason to sing
[Chorus]
Cm A#
And I've been having dreams
G# D#
of black and white infirmaries
Cm
With the palest walls
A# G#
that always stand in silence
Cm A#
If I thought that you could hear
G# D#
I'd whisper in your ear
Cm
All the things I couldn't
A# G#
come around to writing
[Interlude]
D# A# G# (x2)
[Outro]
D#
And I'll bleed right out
A# G#
of these wounds that I gave myself
D#
And I'll live out
A# G#
live out this life with nobody's help
D#
And I'll bleed right out
A# G#
of these wounds that I gave myself
D#
And I'll live out
A# G#
live out this life with nobody's help